Austin Peay completes sweep

Harper finishes 5-for-5, Hankins hits home run

1:06 AM,
May 6, 2013

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Austin Peay's solid group of returnees has gotten plenty of help from the newcomers during the team's best start in school history.

But a handful of veterans seemed to make all the key plays in a 9-3 win Sunday to complete a sweep of Morehead State for the third straight year and clinch another appearance in the OVCtournament. No one has done more for the program than Clarksville High graduate Reed Harper, and the four-year senior led the way by going 5-for-5 and scoring the game-tying run following a lead-off double in the sixth.

"The hits weren't showing up the last two days," said Harper, who has ...